THE CAUX ARTISTS PROGRAM (CAP)

6 July - 19 July 2019

Since 2011 CAP has welcomed to Caux over 70 performing artists from all over the world.

In keeping with the international and multi-cultural "spirit of Caux", CAP has had performing artists, faculty and mentors from Canada, Cameroun, Colombia, Germany, India, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland , Ukraine, United Kingdom and the USA.

In 2019, CAP will return to Caux with an interdisciplinary summer course in Vocal Arts (classical, music theatre, jazz), Drama and the Humanities.

The Caux Artists Program (CAP) is presented in association with Renewal Arts, an international network of people who share the conviction that the different forms of art can be positive and powerful forces for changing our personal lives and the wider world. Renewal Arts has presented International Forums in Caux, gathering hundreds of participants from all over the world. Renewal Arts grew out of Initiatives of Change (IofC), a diverse, global network committed to building trust across the world's divides. It is comprised of people of many cultures, nations, beliefs and backgrounds who are committed to transforming society through individual and inter-relational change, starting in their own lives.

The CAP participants are a select group of 12-16 artists from diverse cultural backgrounds who aspire to work in the fields of drama, music theatre and/or music. CAP is inviting actor/singers, singer/instrumentalists and broad-based musicians who have a vested interest in exploring the power of art as a catalyst for change in society, while at the same time strengthening their artistic skill and vision.

The Caux Artists Program will consist of two overlapping phases:

participation in individual and ensemble classes, lectures, rehearsals and performances

participation in selected events during the IofC conferences

The training involves networking with the IofC conferences and the Caux community and includes the provision of interdisciplinary arts events.

In addition to audio and video documentation of their performances, all successful participants receive an Artists certificate.

"The project you describe (CAP) has my full and enthusiastic support. Without music and art the deeper, wider change we seek will never arrive."Rajmohan Gandhi, Past President of Initiatives of Change International.

CAP faculty members are available for performances, master classes and instruction. To contact members of the CAP faculty please visit our faculty page and click on the appropriate links. Find out more about the faculty members.

Students are selected based on their application and their artistic aspirations. Music and Music Theatre students are requested (if possible) to submit either an MP3/CD or DVD as an example of their work. This is not an absolute requirement!